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2009 World Championships Women's Marathon - Announced Runners
by MarathonGuide.com Staff

In Progress, but note that there will be some drops...

Here is our best list of the men who are announced for the 2009 Women's World Championships Marathon. Besides the list of the men, we've also included some of their best and recent marathon performances. We think this is the best list available anywhere.

AUS
WEIGHTMAN, Lisa Jane	2:30:42 (18 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09) 2:34:16 (33 Beijing Olympics 8/17/08)
BRA
BALDAIA, Maria Zeferina
DA SILVA, Adriana Aparecida	2:29:17 (9 Tokyo 2/26/12) 2:32:30 (7 Berlin 9/26/10) 2:33:15 (47 London Olympics 8/5/12) 2:33:48 (8 Vienna 4/17/11) 2:34:11 (4 Valencia 11/18/12)
CAN
QUINN-SMITH, Tara	2:33:57 (4 Ottawa 5/25/08) 2:39:19 (36 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
CHI
MORALES, Clara
CHN
CHEN, Rong	2:26:49 (2 Dalian 4/30/11) 2:27:05 (1 Beijing 10/21/07) 2:27:09 (4 Xiamen 1/5/08) 2:28:25 (2 Beijing 10/19/08) 2:29:46 (2 Beijing 10/24/10)
SUN, Weiwei	2:25:15 (5 Beijing 10/20/02) 2:26:32 (1 Xiamen 3/25/06) 2:27:35 (3 Beijing 10/16/05) 2:28:03 (3 Beijing 11/25/12) 2:28:21 (5 Chongqing 3/17/12)
WANG, Jiali	2:22:41 (1 Chongqing 3/17/12) 2:26:12 (1 Dalian 4/30/11) 2:26:34 (1 Zhengzhou 3/30/08) 2:29:31 (1 Beijing 10/24/10) 2:30:25 (8 Daegu World Championships 8/27/11)
XUE, Bai
ZHOU, Chunxiu	2:19:51 (1 Seoul 3/12/06) 2:20:38 (1 London 4/22/07) 2:21:11 (2 Beijing 10/16/05) 2:23:24 (1 Seoul 3/13/05) 2:23:28 (1 Xiamen 3/27/04)
ZHU, Xiaolin	2:23:57 (3 Beijing 10/20/02) 2:24:19 (3 Chongqing 3/17/12) 2:24:48 (6 London Olympics 8/5/12) 2:26:08 (5 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09) 2:26:08 (1 Xiamen 3/31/07)
DEN
AAGAARD, Annemette	2:42:03 (46 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
ECU
RUALES, Sandra	2:35:53 (43 Beijing Olympics 8/17/08)
ESP
AGUILAR, Alessandra	2:27:00 (4 Rotterdam 4/10/11) 2:29:01 (1 Hamburg 4/26/09) 2:29:03 (3 Rotterdam 4/13/08) 2:29:19 (26 London Olympics 8/5/12) 2:33:08 (14 New York City 11/6/11)
ETH
BAYSA, Atsede
BEKELE, Bezunesh	2:20:30 (4 Dubai 1/27/12) 2:23:09 (2 Dubai 1/18/08) 2:23:17 (4 London 4/25/10) 2:23:42 (4 London 4/17/11) 2:23:58 (4 Frankfurt 10/28/12)
GUTA, Robe	2:29:22 (6 Hamburg 4/29/12)
MERGIA, Aselefech	2:19:31 (1 Dubai 1/27/12) 2:22:38 (3 London 4/25/10) 2:22:45 (1 Dubai 1/21/11) 2:25:02 (2 Paris 4/5/09) 2:25:32 (3 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
TUNE, Dire	2:23:44 (2 Frankfurt 10/31/10) 2:24:40 (1 Houston 1/13/08) 2:25:08 (6 Boston 4/18/11) 2:25:25 (1 Boston 4/21/08) 2:26:52 (1 Houston 1/14/07)
FRA
BRIAND, Stephanie
KLEIN, Laurence	2:42:47 (50 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
LOSSOUARN, Patricia	2:42:40 (49 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
MOYNOT, Cecile
OUBOUHOU, Yamna
GBR
RADCLIFFE, Paula	2:15:25 (1 London 4/13/03) 2:17:18 (1 Chicago 10/13/02) 2:17:42 (1 London 4/17/05) 2:18:56 (1 London 4/14/02) 2:20:57 (1 Helsinki World Championships 8/14/05)
GER
HAHN, Susanne	2:28:49 (11 Frankfurt 10/30/11) 2:29:35 (1 Mainz 5/4/08) 2:30:22 (32 London Olympics 8/5/12) 2:38:39 (34 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
KRAUS, Melanie	2:27:57 (5 Berlin 9/10/00) 2:28:20 (3 Frankfurt 10/26/08) 2:28:56 (1 Frankfurt 10/28/07) 2:35:17 (38 Beijing Olympics 8/17/08)
MAISCH, Ulrike
MIKITENKO, Irina	2:19:19 (1 Berlin 9/28/08) 2:22:11 (1 London 4/26/09) 2:22:18 (2 Berlin 9/25/11) 2:24:14 (1 London 4/13/08) 2:24:24 (7 London 4/17/11)
MOCKENHAUPT, Sabrina	2:26:21 (4 Berlin 9/26/10) 2:26:22 (1 Frankfurt 10/26/08) 2:28:08 (9 Frankfurt 10/30/11) 2:29:33 (1 Cologne 10/7/07) 2:30:07 (17 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
ZAITUC, Luminita	2:26:01 (1 Frankfurt 10/28/01) 2:26:46 (1 Düsseldorf 5/8/05) 2:26:58 (2 München 8/10/02) 2:27:34 (2 Berlin 9/25/05) 2:28:15 (6 New York City 11/7/04)
GRE
ABATZÍDOU, Yeoryía
GAZÉA, Magdaliní
JPN
AKABA, Yukiko	2:24:09 (6 London 4/17/11) 2:24:55 (6 London 4/25/10) 2:25:40 (2 Osaka 1/25/09) 2:26:08 (8 Nagoya 3/11/12) 2:26:29 (1 Osaka 1/30/11)
FUJINAGA, Yoshiko	2:25:40 (13 London 4/17/11) 2:29:53 (14 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
KANO, Yuri	2:24:27 (2 Tokyo 11/16/08) 2:24:43 (3 Osaka 1/28/07) 2:26:39 (3 Nagoya 3/9/08) 2:26:57 (7 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09) 2:27:11 (1 Nagoya 3/15/10)
MORIMOTO, Tomo	2:24:33 (1 Vienna 5/7/06) 2:25:34 (2 Osaka 1/27/08) 2:26:10 (3 Berlin 9/26/10) 2:26:29 (8 London 4/26/09) 2:27:46 (5 Osaka 1/29/06)
OZAKI, Yoshimi	2:23:30 (1 Tokyo 11/16/08) 2:23:56 (1 Yokohama 2/20/11) 2:24:14 (2 Nagoya 3/11/12) 2:25:25 (2 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09) 2:26:19 (2 Nagoya 3/9/08)
SHIBUI, Yoko	2:19:41 (1 Berlin 9/26/04) 2:21:22 (3 Chicago 10/13/02) 2:23:11 (1 Osaka 1/28/01) 2:23:42 (1 Osaka 1/25/09) 2:23:58 (2 Nagoya 3/12/06)
KEN
KIMAIYO, Risper Jemeli	2:39:23 (37 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
KIROP, Helena
KOMU, Martha	2:25:33 (1 Paris 4/6/08) 2:27:23 (5 Beijing Olympics 8/17/08) 2:42:14 (47 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09) 2:45:01 (8 Rotterdam 4/15/07)
LIMIKA, Irene	2:28:31 (4 Frankfurt 10/26/08) 2:31:29 (21 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
MURAGA, Julia Mumbi
KGZ
POLUDINA, Victoria
KOR
LEE, Sun-young
PARK, Ho-sun
YOUN, Sun-sook
LTU
BALCIUNAITE, Zivile
KERGYTE, Renalda
MEX
RAMÍREZ, Judith	2:40:18 (40 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
RODRÍGUEZ, Dulce María	2:28:54 (10 Chicago 10/22/06) 2:29:00 (1 Torreon 3/6/05)
MGL
OTGONBAYAR, Luvsanlkhundeg
NAM
JOHANNES, Helalia	2:30:35 (1 Dublin 10/31/11) 2:32:30 (5 Dublin 10/27/08) 2:33:26 (2 Dublin 10/26/09) 2:35:01 (6 Dublin 10/29/12) 2:35:22 (40 Beijing Olympics 8/17/08)
NAIGAMBO, Beata	2:27:54 (9 Dubai 1/25/13) 2:29:20 (14 Dubai 1/27/12) 2:31:16 (38 London Olympics 8/5/12) 2:33:05 (24 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09) 2:33:29 (28 Beijing Olympics 8/17/08)
NZL
CRUMPTON, Shireen	2:38:14 (1 Gold Coast 7/6/08) 2:41:31 (44 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09) 2:42:55 (1 Canberra Marathon 4/9/06)
DAVIES, Mary	2:28:55 (1 Toronto Waterfront Marathon 10/14/12) 2:38:48 (35 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09) 2:39:28 (7 Ottawa 5/30/10)
DOCHERTY, Fiona	2:32:17 (11 Chicago 10/10/10) 2:37:55 (22 London 4/25/10) 2:40:18 (41 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09) 2:42:07 (5 Ottawa 5/24/09)
POR
BARROS, Marisa	2:25:04 (3 Yokohama 2/20/11) 2:25:44 (2 Osaka 1/31/10) 2:26:03 (1 Seville 2/22/09) 2:26:13 (13 London Olympics 8/5/12) 2:26:50 (6 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
PRK
JONG, Yong-Ok	2:38:29 (33 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
KIM, Chol Sun	2:42:18 (48 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09) 2:31:24 (20 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09) 2:33:30 (49 London Olympics 8/5/12)
PYO, Un-Suk
ROU
OLARU, Nuta	2:24:33 (2 Chicago 10/10/04) 2:25:18 (6 London 4/22/01) 2:25:37 (6 Chicago 10/22/06) 2:27:25 (2 Houston 1/18/09) 2:28:24 (11 Saint-Denis 8/31/03)
SIMON, Lidia	2:22:54 (1 Osaka 1/30/00) 2:23:22 (2 Sydney 9/24/00) 2:23:24 (1 Osaka 1/31/99) 2:24:15 (4 London 4/22/01) 2:24:46 (2 London 4/16/00)
TALPOS, Luminita	2:26:43 (1 Vienna 4/27/08) 2:27:32 (6 Osaka 1/26/03) 2:31:41 (18 Beijing Olympics 8/17/08)
RSA
MAXWELL, Tanith	2:34:24 (15 London 4/25/10) 2:39:07 (29 London 4/17/11) 2:40:27 (81 London Olympics 8/5/12) 2:41:48 (45 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
RUS
BIKTIMIROVA, Alevtina	2:25:12 (1 Frankfurt 10/30/05) 2:25:27 (2 Boston 4/21/08) 2:26:58 (6 Boston 4/17/06) 2:27:39 (9 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09) 2:28:45 (6 Berlin 9/30/12)
GLOK, Olga	2:27:18 (2 Vienna 4/15/12) 2:28:27 (1 Prague 5/10/09) 2:32:27 (1 Minneapolis-St. Paul 10/5/08) 2:33:26 (3 Dublin 10/31/11) 2:36:57 (29 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
MORGUNOVA, Lyubov	2:25:12 (1 Rotterdam 4/13/08) 2:26:33 (8 London 4/16/00) 2:27:18 (3 Boston 4/16/01) 2:27:33 (1 Honolulu 12/12/04) 2:27:43 (1 Nagoya 3/14/99)
PETROVA, Lyudmila	2:21:29 (2 London 4/23/06) 2:22:33 (3 London 4/14/02) 2:23:14 (5 London 4/13/03) 2:25:00 (4 New York City 11/2/03) 2:25:43 (2 New York City 11/2/08)
YULAMANOVA, Nailiya	2:26:30 (1 Rotterdam 4/5/09) 2:26:39 (5 Amsterdam 10/16/11) 2:27:08 (8 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09) 2:30:17 (1 Istanbul 10/26/08) 2:30:54 (1 Russian 6/3/06)
ZAKHAROVA, Svetlana	2:21:31 (4 Chicago 10/13/02) 2:22:31 (2 London 4/14/02) 2:23:07 (1 Chicago 10/12/03) 2:24:04 (2 London 4/22/01) 2:24:39 (2 London 4/13/08)
RWA
NYIRABARAME, Epiphanie	2:33:59 (26 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
SUI
MORCELI, Patrizia	2:39:37 (38 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
UGA
SUUTO, Jane
USA
DAVILA, Desireé	2:22:38 (2 Boston 4/18/11) 2:25:55 (2 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Women's Marathon 1/14/12) 2:26:20 (4 Chicago 10/10/10) 2:27:53 (11 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09) 2:31:33 (5 Chicago 10/12/08)
GÓMEZ, Zoila
GOUCHER, Kara	2:24:52 (5 Boston 4/18/11) 2:25:53 (3 New York City 11/2/08) 2:26:06 (3 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Women's Marathon 1/14/12) 2:26:07 (11 London Olympics 8/5/12) 2:27:48 (10 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
HIGGINS, Paige	2:33:06 (8 Chicago 10/12/08) 2:33:22 (4 Houston 1/17/10) 2:36:00 (13 Boston 4/19/10) 2:37:11 (30 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
MOODY, Tera	2:30:53 (10 Chicago 10/10/10) 2:32:04 (17 Daegu World Championships 8/27/11) 2:32:59 (9 Chicago 10/11/09) 2:33:54 (5 Boston Trials 4/20/08) 2:36:39 (28 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)